Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-18
ulustri0as Epicures.

Good Housekeeping. sz55
Haydn, the great composer and
equally great consumer, liked to dine
alone. L was his custom to order
dinner for FIVE, and then at the APP
pointed hour to deyour the whole BAN
quet. On one occasion he commanded
the new waiter who was not acquaint-
ed with the great musicians pecul
iarity. to serve the dinner. seThe din.
ner is ready, said tbewaiter, bowing,
shut, monsieur, the company have
not yet arrived" De company, 2
retorted Haydn, contemptuously, ''de
company? am de company The
dinner was at once served to ode
company who demolished it
quite as .effectually as any
ordinary company could have
done. Another lordly feeder was a
contemporary OF Haydn, the Duke OF
Norfolk, who would eat at Convent
Garden tavern, food enough for five
persons, but he possessed a more SEN
titive temperament than the musician,
and would never eat five dinners in
one a asecond time at the same hotel, not
caring to encounter again the obvious
amazement OF the walters. The Cure
de Brequier is immortalized by Brillat
Savarin. This reverend gentleman
would eat at q single sitting as much
food as would serve a workingman
COR ten days. Brlllat Savarin once
saw HIM, in three-quarters ola hour,
sweep into his capacious stomach
"a quartz of soup, plate OF
boulh, q leg of mutton, superb
ham, copious salad, pound
or two OF cheese, a prodigious quanti-
ty OF bread, a bottle OF wine, another
OF water, and cup Of coffee" The
narrator is careful to state that th9
cure di1 not eat either the nam bone
or that of the leg of mutton. We are
told Of an English man of letters and
politics who ate at q military dinner
seven pounds and half OF solid meat.
At the shop where he performed the feat
the customers were at liberty to eat
as much as they liked for a certain
sum, but it's keeper had never before
encountered man of his ilk. Lucul-
lus never dined more sumptuously
than when he dined alone, and on
one occasion upbraided his cook
for serving him with cheap
repast when tLucullus dined
with Lucullus," the cost of which was
only about $500. Among modern ex-
travagant epicures we have Vicomte
de We'll Castel, who wagered that he
could consume 500 francs worth OF
food and liquor in two hours. His
order consisted Of twenty-four dozen
oysters, a soup. beefsteak, pheas-
ant stuffed with truhles,a a. salmi OF or
tolans, a dish of asparagus, plate OF
young peas, q pineapple, dish OF
Strawberries, five bottles OF wine, cot
fee and liquors. He won his wager in
one hour and forty minutes. Ma
poleon l. ate little, and that rapidly,
as if he begrudged the time His two
favorite dishes we're a breast OF NUT
ton gril!ed and lentils. Napoleon
tronomic indifference and sobriety, and
had no care about what he ate, while
Louis XVIII was more interested in
menu than in an act Of Parliament
To descend from the region OF the his
torically marvellous to what | have
actually witnessed, writes a cores
pondent OF the San Francisco Post,
remember once breakfasting in the
company Of well-known musician,
and being greatly astonished at his
astronomical feats. First he dispos-
ed of the half Of a large muskmellon,
followed by beefsteak and nlush-
rooms, of which he had d second and
liberal help, potato croquettes, four
boiled eggs, and toast and mullins ad
libitum followed, the repast being
concluded with six wheat cakes. Said
our hostess to me afterwards: II con-
slider him the very prince of guests.
with his delightful conversation, his
divine music, and such an appetite"